Westward Expansion Timeline

By chayse.jones

  • UGA - Year Chartered

    The university of Georgia was the first school that gave state-funded education.

  • Cotton Gin - Year Invented

    The cotton gin was invented by Eli Whitney, who was a schoolteacher and an inventor from Westborough, Massachusetts.

  • Louisville - Year Capital Was Constructed

    Louisville was constructed and was used as the capital until 1804, when Milldgeville was created.

  • Louisville - Year "Holy Fire of Heaven " occurred

    All the record form the Yazoo Land Fraud were collected and burned in front of the capital.

  • UGA - Year Classes Began

    The university graduated its first class in 1804.

  • Louisville - Year of Vote to Make Milledgeville the New Capital

    The legislature voted to make a new capital in Baldwin County.

  • Dahlonega Gold Rush - Year gold was discovered in Dahlonega

    The discovery of gold in Dahlonega began the start of the gold rush in Georgia.

  • Dahlonega Gold Rush - Date law was passed that refused Cherokee Indians' rights to refuse gold

    Cherokee Indians were denied the right to collect gold in Dahlonega.

  • Railroads - Year Western and Atlantic railroad was chartered

    The Western and Atlantic Railroad operates from Chattanooga, Tennessee to Atlanta, Georgia.

  • UGA - Year women began attending

    Women were allowed in UGA .